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Devonshire Racetrack Paddock

September 10, 2010
Today’s old photo comes again from the dumped collection of the Detroit News. This photo is dated January 27, 1923, but was clearly not taken in January. I think this is the same photo that once ran in the Windsor Star, although the photo has a photographers stamp in the bottom corner: “E. Rogers Day & Night Studio 25 Pitt St. E. Windsor, Ont.” I’m going to guess that…
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Top Valu

September 8, 2010
This is one I’ve been meaning to post for a little while. The other week, while heading out to the east side, I came upon this corner, and was shocked to find a pile of rubble. The Top Valu car wash and gas station has been wiped from the landscape. Any Eastsiders…
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Campus Of The Future

September 6, 2010
Every once in a while I come across a postcard that makes me wonder just what someone was thinking. Someone’s blurry out of focus shot of a model on a table turned into a postcard. 🙂 The caption on the back of this one reads: Scale Model of “Campus of the…
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Ottawa Street & Langlois - 1940's

September 3, 2010
Happy Friday, once again, we’ve got an old Windsor Photo to look at. This old shot was taken by Sid Lloyd, Windsor’s pre-eminent commercial photographer of the 1930’s, 1940’s and 1950’s. Each and every one of his photographs were works of art. The man had an amazing eye. Today we’re casting a glance towards the corner of Ottawa and Langlois. View Larger Map A…
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Stairs and Posts...

September 1, 2010
A few random things from around town over the last few days… New stairs are on their way to the Shaar Hashomayim Synagogue on Gilles Boulevard. It’s an amazing building. If you’ve never been inside, it will be part of Doors Open on September 26th, so make…
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Weekend Demolition

August 30, 2010
Last Thursday night, on my way home from work, I was coming up McDougall when look what my eye see… The famous building eaters. A neat old factory, was last used as a place called Rust Shield a subsidiary of Flex-N-Gate, a large US based Auto parts supplier. Like may…
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Francois Baby House - 1956

August 27, 2010
Happy Friday everyone! Time again for another look back at Windsor through some old photos… Today’s photo was snapped August 10, 1956. The Baby house must have been freshly renovated, as there is no lawn, no shutters on the windows and the door is exposed to the elements. Contrast the picture above with this postcard from a year or two later. View Larger Map Here’s the same…
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487 Ouellette

August 25, 2010
One of the more overlooked buildings along Ouellette is the current W.S.O. office and former Bank of Nova Scotia building located at 487. It was designed by Toronto archtects Mathers & Haldenby, along with Windsor architect G.A. McElroy who acted as an associate…
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Belvedere Apartments

August 23, 2010
This buff brick building on Glengarry, just south of Wyandotte has long been a favourite of mine. There’s a mystery to this place that I’ve yet to discover… Built sometime between 1925 and 1937, the building has changed names. (There is no listing of the…